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GEORGE HENRY WILKINS
Commander · U.S. Navy
July 14, 1931 – July 11, 1966
Service recordGeorge Henry Wilkins, of Goldsboro, North Carolina, served as a Commander in the U.S. Navy. He was lost on July 11, 1966, in North Vietnam, and was later declared dead. His name is inscribed on Panel 9E, Line 18 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9E · Line 18
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Navy
- Rank
- Commander (CDR)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Url Pilot (1310)
- Born
- July 14, 1931
- Home of record
- Goldsboro, North Carolina (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of loss
- July 11, 1966
- Country
- North Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Declared Dead
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
- First reported
- Missing in action
Context · from the records
What was happening
Eight names on the Wall carry the date July 11, 1966. In July 1966, 562 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in North Vietnam while Operation Rolling Thunder was under way. Operation Rolling Thunder (March 1965–November 1968) was the sustained U.S. bombing campaign against North Vietnam, flown by Air Force fighter-bombers from Thailand and Navy aircraft from carriers in the Gulf of Tonkin against some of the densest air defenses in the world.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 9E, Line 18
- WILLIAM LEONPrivate First Class · July 12, 1966
- BRAD WILLIAM MORANDPrivate First Class · July 12, 1966
- WILLIAM LEE ROBERTSONStaff Sergeant · July 12, 1966
- CHARLES ROSS WILLIAMSCaptain · July 12, 1966
From Goldsboro
- DONALD EDWARD DANIELSSpecialist Four · February 14, 1966
- CASCO DEVAUGHN HOWELLPrivate · July 20, 1966
- MURRAY LYMAN BORDENMajor · October 13, 1966
- JOSEPH M GRANTHAM IIIPrivate First Class · May 19, 1967
- RICHARD VERNON RIGGSStaff Sergeant · May 14, 1968
- BOBBY RAY LANEPrivate · June 18, 1968
- EDMOND RAY TOLERPrivate First Class · August 13, 1968
- EDGAR FELTON DAVISLieutenant Colonel · September 17, 1968
- DAN LAVERNE JENKINSLance Corporal · January 29, 1969
- KENNETH EDWARD VANHOYPetty Officer First Class · May 17, 1969
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.